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This podcast features the works of the Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen who for over 50 years captivated audiences on both radio and television. ”The Holy Rosary Program” is an award winning podcast that Al Smith has hosted for over 15 years and is considered by many as a spiritual oasis for Catholics and Protestants alike.
Episodes

3 hours ago
3 hours ago
58 min
Please enjoy the New Holy Rosary Program heard each week on FM 985 CKWR in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
We will pray the Luminous Mysteries of the Holy Rosary led by Fr. Kevin Scallon and will also pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy and the Chaplet of the Holy Face.
Have a blessed day and God love you.

12 hours ago
12 hours ago
47 min
During this second of three talks given by Allan Smith during the Parish Mission held at Our Lady Queen of the World Parish in Richmond Hill, Ontario Canada, he shares some of the wisdom of the Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen regarding the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Allan Smith is the founder and director of www.bishopsheentoday.com and is the founder of www.holyfacemiracle.com

24 hours ago
24 hours ago
58 min
Please enjoy this week's Holy Rosary Show for Sunday, October 25, 2026 heard on FM 98.5 CKWR with your host Allan Smith.
On today's show we will pray the Luminous Mysteries of the Holy Rosary with Bishop Robert Barron. We will pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy with Jonathan Roume and will pray the Chaplet of the Holy Face with Judith Wilson.
God love you.

2 days ago
2 days ago
12 min
On Iowa Catholic Radio's morning show, host Jon Leonetti and his guest Al Smith talk about Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen's writing on Love.
Al has created a new book titled "The Greatest Commandment" and this book is available for purchase through Sophia Institute Press at https://www.sophiainstitute.com/products/item/the-greatest-commandment
In today's culture, the word love is one of the most commonly misused and abused in our language. Devoid of order, misconceptions about love run rampant, steeped as we are in narcissism, secular humanism, relativism, and hedonism. Separated from God, society tragically propagates a notion of love that is, in truth, the antithesis of authentic love.
Now more than ever we need Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen’s wisdom, wit, and logic to refute these errors. In our sightless, irrational, and deeply polarized world, his prescient words elucidate the most divisive issues of our time. Mindful that we are all children of God, Archbishop Sheen decries anti-Semitism, racism, and sexism. He also explains what real tolerance means and why anti-hate campaigns don’t work.
The Greatest Commandment is a timely reprint of Archbishop Sheen’s two seminal books Love One Another and God Love You. This anthology of his bestselling reflections also contains quotes and prayers that he compiled to foster ecumenism and societal unity. Drawing on Sacred Scripture, the writings of the saints, and philosophy, Archbishop Sheen explains:
- The meaning of love in light of the Holy Trinity
- Why God created us to love — and to be loved
- The three types of love and the nine ingredients to charity
- How Heaven is the ultimate fulfillment of our joy, desire, and love
- Why love cannot exist without truth
- How we give the greatest glory to God at Mass by uniting ourselves to Christ
A treasure to contemplate, The Greatest Commandmentexpounds upon our deep-seated need to love God and implore His mercy by developing a personal relationship with Him through Sacred Scripture and the Sacraments, especially the Holy Eucharist and Confession. God’s loving quest for our souls in turn impels us to love our neighbor. Love is a decision and requires sacrifice; it is the total gift of self for another. Our witness aids the disillusioned in finding their way to God. By cooperating with God’s Love, we will bring about the restoration of the world.

3 days ago
3 days ago
58 min
Please enjoy the New Holy Rosary Program heard each week on FM 985 CKWR in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
We will pray the Glorious Mysteries of the Holy Rosary led by Fr. Kevin Scallon Bishop and will also pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy and the Chaplet of the Holy Face.
Have a blessed day and God love you.

3 days ago
3 days ago
1 hr 16 min
Fr. Ron Lengwin discusses with Al Smith the contents of his latest anthology titled "Archbishop Sheen's Book of Sacraments" published by Sophia Institute Press.
They share selected passages from the book and talk about the impact Archbishop Sheen had on the church.
To purchase the book visit - https://www.sophiainstitute.com/products/item/archbishop-sheens-book-of-sacraments

4 days ago
4 days ago
58 min
Please enjoy the New Holy Rosary Program heard each week on FM 985 CKWR in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
We will pray the Glorious Mysteries of the Holy Rosary led by Bishop Robert Barron and will also pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy and the Chaplet of the Holy Face.
Have a blessed day and God love you.

4 days ago
4 days ago
1 hr 11 min
On August 10, 2019, during the ninth annual Wojtyla Summer Institute hosted by Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College in Barry's Bay, Ontario Canada, a series of lectures and discussions were given on the theme of the conference: which was the “Splendour of the Liturgy.” Allan Smith who is a lay expert on the works of Venerable Bishop Fulton Sheen gave as Dr Christine Schintgen from Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College put it, "a very moving and even a life-changing address, based on Sheen’s writings, on the connection between the seven last words of Christ, and the Mass". Al Smith is the founder of the Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Mission Society of Canada and gives reflections across North America about the writing of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen. He is also a radio host, writer and regular contributor on EWTN and other social media outlets. Al can be contacted at https://www.bishopsheentoday.com/ or http://archbishopfultonjsheenmissions... For more information about Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College please visit their website at https://www.seatofwisdom.ca/

5 days ago
5 days ago
58 min
Please enjoy the New Holy Rosary Program heard each week on FM 985 CKWR in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
We will pray the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Holy Rosary led by Fr. Kevin Scallon and will also pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy and the Chaplet of the Holy Face.
Have a blessed day and God love you.

5 days ago
5 days ago
22 min
Al Smith is the editor of five best-selling books featuring the writings of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen. He has served the Church for fifteen years as a Catholic evangelist, radio host, writer, Internet broadcaster, and retreat director. Al's work as the director of the Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Mission Society of Canada and board member of the Archbishop Fulton John Sheen Foundation in Peoria, Illinois, which promotes the cause of Fulton J. Sheen's canonization process has provided Al with a wealth of knowledge pertaining to the works of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen.
During an episode of the Catholic Drive Time Show on the Guadalupe Radio Network, Al Smith discusses with Joe McClane, Rudy Carlos and Adrian Fonseca some of the content found in this book written by Fulton Sheen in 1941 titled 'A Declaration of Dependence'. They also discuss his latest anthology titled 'War and Peace' which contains five of Sheen's books from the 1940's.
The book 'A Declaration of Dependence' reveals the shocking truth you need to know in a world riddled by irrationality, emotionalism, and violence. Religion is under attack, whether from totalitarian governments or modern education. Our tacit submission to politics, “freedom,” and science has made us slaves to a diabolical New Atheism and fear.
With his prescient wit, wisdom, and fervor, Archbishop Fulton Sheen provides clarity amid propagandist lies and pagan societies united in purpose to destroy. He reminds us why we must fear what kills the soul more than what kills the body. He exposes the false prophets and philosophies at work in the world and the many “believers” who no longer worship or act in accordance with their beliefs.
Archbishop Sheen masterfully decries the divisions and hatreds in America, explaining how we have turned from God and are on the precipice, that there is “too much tolerance of evil and not enough intolerance of injustice.” The chastisements the world is facing, he declares, are a consequence of its sins; they are the result of our abandonment of God, our idolatry; and man’s attempts to replace God serve only to show that the world is devoid of goodness without His presence. By declaring ourselves independent of God, we have brought down His wrath and made ourselves slaves to the world, the flesh, and the devil. Archbishop Sheen invites us to examine our consciences to see how we have, in fact, caused the wars in the world.
By reading this book you will see how “isms” control people where the seeds have been planted for them to be controlled. You will learn how, throughout history, God punishes to destroy evil and, at the same time, to heal His sons from their sins. In addition, you will absorb the future saint’s teachings on:
The presence of the Antichrist in history
The cause of war — whether or not it is just — and where its greatest tragedy lies
How to truly fight for peace, justice, and unity in our country and among nations
The standard to which all Christians should hold themselves Why the Church is opposed to extreme militarism and pacifism
Why those without conscience persecute those with conscience Best of all, Archbishop Sheen explains how God’s wrath is not capricious but is a consequence of our actions, how He is good and loving and will not let us drown in our sins, and how the key to our restoration — repentance — is readily in our grasp.
In the book War and Peace, Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen recognized that modern atheism was a new type of Messianism threatening to beguile and conquer humanity.
Sheen stressed the use of reason as the unparalleled countermeasure to deceptive communism. The first three books contained in this anthology are a collection of Sheen’s classic Catholic Hour radio addresses that were heard by millions of listeners in the 1930s and 1940s. Here, in a single compilation, are Bishop Sheen’s most clearly delineated investigations into the underlying causes of communism — every bit as relevant today as when he spoke them — along with an entirely sound and hopeful program for defeating it.
In the fourth book of this anthology, The Philosophies of War, Sheen addresses the confusion felt by most people who were dissatisfied with the ephemeral and superficial commentaries about World War II. Like a master surgeon, Sheen applies the sharp scalpel of his crystal-clear logic to lay open the sources of the world’s infection. The fifth book, Seven Pillars of Peace, presents the principles upon which Sheen believes the foundations for a just and lasting peace must be built.
By making these five powerful resources your own, you’ll have in one volume the means to thrive spiritually in our current seemingly desperate time. Drawing from biblical, cultural, and contemporary examples, Sheen will show you:
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The spirit of the Antichrist, immoral leaders, education, and societies
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How personal sin is sickening our culture — and the cure for this “pandemic”
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The proper understanding of and instinctive human need for authentic freedom, justice, and love
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The need to unite for personal rights, including freedom of conscience
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Why it is crucial to be intolerant of evil and embrace a divine solution
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How America must choose to repent in order to overcome our present crisis
Most notably, Archbishop Sheen proclaims the hope of Christ’s Cross and the immeasurable power of His resurrected love. He exhorts us to carry our individual fragments of the beam. It is always darkest before the dawn, Sheen teaches. Times of discouragement are moments when great spiritual transformations can occur. If we return to God and do penance, we will attain interior peace. The future of America’s freedom and restoration as a constitutional republic depend on our decision — now — to obediently trust in God.
To order these books, please visit the Sophia Institute Press website at https://www.sophiainstitute.com/author/archbishop-fulton-j-sheen and remember to use the promo code of 'SHEEN25" to receive a 25% discount when you buy two books or more.
For more information about the life and works of the Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, please visit - https://www.bishopsheentoday.com
God Love You.
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